September 10, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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The long stalks of these flowers should render them 
serviceable for cut flower purposes, for certain kinds 
of work at least. Ed.] 
PANSIES FROM ROTHESAY. 
A box of named varieties of fancy Pansies has reached 
us from Messrs. Alexander Lister & Son, Meadow- 
bank Nurseries, Barone Road, Rothesay, N.B. A new 
one for 1898 is Mrs. Whitehead, notable for the size of 
the violet blotches and the pale lavender top petals. 
The blotches on Jeannie R. Lister, Bernard Dalton, 
James Erskine,Col.Buchanan,Dr.Jamieson and Adam 
McFarlane are also fine and of a rich shade of violet, 
while the edges of the three lower petals, and some¬ 
times also the upper, are yellow. The last-named is 
a new variety for this year and handsome in shape. 
Another showy golden-yellow edged variety is W. H. 
Clark, also notable for its glossy, velvety-maroon 
blotches and the purple edges to its upper petals. Of 
the above varieties we like all of them except Dr. 
Jamieson, but that may be merely a matter of 
taste. 
Creamy or white edged varieties were also fairly 
well represented. The blotches in all of the under¬ 
mentioned sorts were of a rich violet, and generally 
well defined. The broad purplish-red band on the 
upper petals of David G. McKay was very con¬ 
spicuous. The edges of the upper petals of Jessie 
H. McNeil were darker, but of a more intense shade 
of purple. The variety is new for this year, and par¬ 
ticularly handsome. The top petals of Marmion 
were more or less shaded with lavender. The top 
petals of Mrs Jas. Inglis were also margined. A 
few had the greater area of the top petals either 
white or pale yellow, with a small violet blotch or a 
few lines of the same colour in the centre. They 
included Miss Stirling, Mysie Paul, Britannia and 
Alice Lister, which added considerably to the variety 
amongst the collection. Messrs. Lister are 
enthusiastic growers of Pansies and successful ex¬ 
hibitors. 
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THE BEAUTY AND ORDER OF 
GARDEN SCENERY. 
(Concluded from Vol. XIV., p. S12.) 
Another point which I may also mention here, 
which, if mistakes are to be avoided, must be done 
by the proper method, is the labelling of plants. Of 
course there is no difficulty in this so long as we label 
every one individually, such as trees, bushes, or pot 
plants; but when we put in young stuff, such as 
bedding plants in rows, the labels must be put in by 
the proper method, otherwise, should strange hands 
happen to be at the lifting of them, mixtures are sure 
to be the result. The labels should always be put in 
with the reading facing the bottom of the frame, or 
in the case of borders, the walk; and the backs 
should face the plants they are to represent. Should 
there be more than one line of plants, they should 
always be to the right hand when reading the label, 
and then no mistakes need occur, although there be 
a complete change of men at the place between the 
time of putting in and the time of lifting again. 
Then again in leaving off work for meals or any other 
temporary cause, always leave your work and tools 
in an orderly manner. Do not throw them down and 
run off the nearest way to the walk at the minute 
the breakfast or dinner bell rings. Such conduct is 
highly offensive to well regulated minds ; it looks as 
if the body commanded the mind, which should never 
be the case. It should always be shown that the 
body is in complete subjection to the mind, and that 
the governing mind is a refined one. Also in walking 
to and from your work, or at any other time when 
passing through any part of the garden, a sharp look 
out should be kept for weeds or other things out of 
place; by removing them, or part of them, as you go 
along, much serviceable work can be done, especially 
on walks and edgings, and in passing through hot 
houses. 
I have now spoken of the things I consider neces¬ 
sary for gardeners to do to attain this beauty and 
order in their garden scenery. Before leaving this 
phase of the subject I may also add these words of 
Loudon with regard to the personal habits and clean¬ 
liness of the gardeners themselves. He says, " Let 
your dress be clean, neat, simple and harmonious in 
form and colour; in your movements maintain an 
erect position, easy and free gait and motion; let 
your manners be respectful and decorous to your 
superiors; conduct, fair and agreeable to your 
equals ; elevate, ameliorate and otherwise improve 
any raw, crude, harsh, or unharmonious features in 
your physiognomy by occupying your mind with 
agreeable and useful ideas, and by constantly in¬ 
structing yourself by reading. Remember that you 
are paid and maintained by and for the use and 
pleasure of your employer, who may no more wish 
to see a dirty, ragged, uncouth looking, grinning or 
conceited biped in his garden, than a starved, hag¬ 
gard, untutored horse in his stable.” 
We now come to the third and last clause in my 
paper, namely, how to keep this beauty and order in 
garden scenery. Of course, all that I have already 
said must be followed up, but that is not all. It is 
one thing to make a place appear perfect to a chance 
visitor passing through it, and quite another to keep 
it pleasant and attractive for our employers who may 
be walking through it every day. We must remem¬ 
ber that the most beautiful scenes get monotonous 
and dull when seen together. Even in the midst of 
beautiful rural nature let no one shut himself up and 
think he will be perfectly happy, lest he be forced 
with the satirist to ask, 
*' What is nature ? Ring her changes round; 
Her three flat notes are, water, plants and 
ground. 
It will easily be seen that if we are to keep up the 
interest and pleasure that our employers derive from 
walking in the garden we must keep up an endless 
round of alterations and improvements. There are 
many ways by which this may be accomplished ; 
take, for instance, the conservatory. Here most of 
the stuff being in pots, it is a very simple matter to 
keep up a continual change by bringing in one class 
of plants in succession to another. 
It must also be borne in mind that here as well as in 
many other parts of the garden neat and effective 
arrangement goes a long way in keeping up a never 
failing interest for all visitors. No man, unless he 
be exceptionally gifted, is able to keep up this con¬ 
tinual round of improvements all by himself. We 
must be ever on the alert to discover new and im¬ 
proved systems of filling flower beds, of grouping 
and arranging plants, or of training fruit trees and 
bushes and numerous other things, not forgetting, of 
course, to secure at the same time the best methods 
of cultivation. We cannot get perfection in arrange¬ 
ment or training, if we have not good, healthy, well 
cultivated plants to commence with. There are 
numerous ways by which we may assist ourselves on 
these points by keeping ourselves well posted up in 
garden literature ; by visiting other gardens ; attend¬ 
ing flower shows and mutual improvement associa¬ 
tions; and many others where we will, no doubt, 
always be picking up some hints which will help us 
in our endeavour 
To improve the scenes around us 
In a neat and proper way, 
Tdat pleasure may surround us, 
On whatever walks we stray. 
Jaynes Good. 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL OF IRELAND— 
August 26th. 
The autumn show of the Royal Horticultural Society 
of Ireland was held on the above date in the beautiful 
grounds of Merrion Square, Dublin, and the execu¬ 
tive have to congratulate themselves upon a display 
which was better than anything that has preceded 
it, for it surpassed even last year's fixture, which was 
rendered such a huge success by the visit of their 
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York. 
The weather was inclined to be showery, but this 
did not apparently cause any falling off ia the 
attendance. The show was opened at 2 p.m., and 
from that hour onwards the influx of visitors was 
very great. Later in the afternoon the Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland and the Countess Cadogan 
paid their promised visit and were received and con¬ 
ducted round by Lord Iveagh, Mr. Langlois Lefroy, 
D.L., honorary secretary ; Lieutenant-Colonel 
Jervis White, and other gentlemen. Their Excel¬ 
lencies expressed themselves highly pleased with 
everything they saw. 
The non-competitive exhibits were numerous and 
comprised much that was creditable to the various 
firms sending them. Messrs. C. Ramsay & Sons, 
Ball’s Bridge Nurseries, had a remarkably brilliant 
display of cut Roses, Dahlias, Begonias and Asters, 
and Palms, Dracaenas, Crotons, and other foliage 
plants. Mr. Richard Hartland, The Lough Nur¬ 
series, Cork, well sustained his reputation in connec¬ 
tion with the tuberous Begonia by a marvellously 
fine display. The varieties Lady Ashbrook, bright 
canary yellow ; Lord Ashbrook, salmon-pink, with 
white centre; and Mr. H. R. O’Kearney, cerise; all 
attracted special attention. 
Mr. J. Forbes, Buccleugh Nurseries, Hawick, 
received a Silver Medal for a capital lot of Carna¬ 
tions. Messrs. O’Grady & Son, The Nurseries, 
Portadown, also obtained a Silver Medal for 
Begonias. The group of miscellaneous plants sent 
by Mr. Moore, from the Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, 
contained much that was rare and beautiful. Messrs. 
Clibran & Sons, Oldfield Nurseries, Altrincham ; and 
Messrs. Watson & Son, Clontarf Nurseries, were 
also represented. 
Competitive Classes. 
Plants. —Mrs. Pease, Willow Park (gardener, Mr. 
James M'Kenzie), was the only exhibitor of six 
exotic Ferns, distinct, but his exhibit well deserved 
the first prize it received. The best six Coleuses, 
distinct, came from Mrs. McCann, Simmonscourt 
Road (gardener, Mr. Thomas Goff), with J. Miller, 
Esq., Baggotrath House (gardener, Mr. P. Geoghe- 
gan), as second. Mrs. Pease led for six zonal Pelar¬ 
goniums, and J. C. Parkes, Esq., Adilee, Dundrum 
(gardener, Mr. Ed. Dunne), for six single-flowered 
tuberous Begonias. General Sir Roger Palmer, 
Bart., Kenwil Park, Rush (gardener, Mr. Nevin 
Stringer), had the best specimen Orchid. 
Cut Flowers. —As may be expected Dahlias 
were well to the fore, and there was a keen struggle 
for the prizes. The premier prize for thirty-six 
show and fancy blooms in twenty four varieties went 
to R. Hamilton Stubber, Esq., Moyne Division 
(gardener, Mr. P. Flanagan), the second prize falling 
to the lot of Mr. John McLennan, gardener to Lord 
Carew, Castle Boro’. Mr. McLennan was first in the 
class for twenty-four blooms in twelve varieties, 
other than shows or fancies. Mr. J. L. McKillar, 
gardener to Lord Ashbrook, Durrow Castle, had the 
winning stand of twenty-four Cactus blooms in 
not less than nine varieties, Mr. J. McLennan taking 
second place. Lord Cloncurry, Lyons (gardener, 
Mr. Wm. Rigg), led for twelve bunches of three 
blooms each of Pompon varieties. 
There were also some capital stands of Roses. 
Here Mr. Wm. Rigg was successful in winning first 
for twenty-four trusses in twelve varieties, the second 
being carried off by Mr. A. Porter, gardener to Lord 
Ashtown, Woodlawn. Messrs. Alexander Dickson & 
Sons, Newtownards, won for the 48’s in twenty-four 
varieties, with a really magnificent lot. Mr. Rigg 
scored another well merited success for the stand of 
twelve trusses in six varieties, whilst Mr. A. Porter 
was first for twelve blooms of Teas in six varieties. 
Mr. Porter led for twelve spikes of Gladioli in six 
varieties, showing fine material, and Messrs. Alex. 
Dickson & Sons were credited with another first for 
twenty-four spikes of distinct varieties of the same 
handsome flower. 
Tuberous Begonias were a special feature. Mr. 
J. L. McKillar here scored a notable success in win¬ 
ning Lady Ashtown’s Challenge Cup, value £10, for 
forty-eight blooms, twenty-four singles and twenty- 
four double, and not less than eighteen varieties of 
each section. Mr. McKillar’s exhibit was a really 
superb one. 
The Challenge Cup presented by Lieutenant- 
Colonel H. Jervis White, Healthfield, Wexford, for 
twenty-four bunches of three blooms each of Carna¬ 
tions, was well won by Surgeon-General Beaumont 
(gardener, Mr. Lindon) with some capital flowers. 
Mr. Mitchison, gardener to Colonel C. F. Crichton, 
won the first of the special prizes offered by Messrs. 
Henderson & Sons, Fortfield Nurseries, for twelve 
bunches of distinct, named sorts of Sweet Peas. 
Fruit made a brave show. Mr. R. McKenna, gar¬ 
dener to the Lady Emily Howard Bury, Charleville 
Forest, Tullamore, King's Co., was first for six 
bunches of Grapes, consisting of two bunches each of 
three varieties; Mr. T. Bradshaw, gardener to the 
Marquis of Downshire, Hillsborough Castle, was 
second ; and Mr. A. Porter, third. 
Mr. Alleby, gardener to J. Malcolm Inglis, Esq., 
had the best two bunches of white Muscats, whilst 
Mr. McKenna led for a similar number of bunches of 
any other white sort, and for two bunches of black 
Grapes. Mrs. Pease had the winning two bunches 
of black Hamburghs. Mr. McKenna’s collection of 
